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spray paint does crazy shit.

Zachary — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:47:59 +0000

Ok. Putting it out there, this it hands down one of the coolest things I’ve seen in awhile. It’s not just what this guy is doing, but how fast he does it. There are those that are gonna bitch and moan because it’s “not fine art” and “can’t hang in a gallery” and “he’s going too fast to give any artistic consideration to what he’s doing”… whatever. Art is art. And this is sick.

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art out of trash…

Zachary — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:12:45 +0000

When most people think of trash bags lying on the side of the street, they don’t usually think of creative minds at work. Yet street artist Joshua Allen Harris defies our common preconceptions about the nature of art by using only garbage bags and tape to create works of inflatable art, powered by nothing more than the exhaust air from New York City’s subway system. If you’ve never seen this before, check it out [links to YouTube]. New York Magazine interviews this innovative artist and has him talk about his art and its relation to others.

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Artistic evolution: the works of Piet Mondrian

Zachary — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:25:23 +0000

I found an extraordinarily interesting video montage of the works of Piet Mondrian yesterday. Mondrian has always been one of my favorite artists for his use and development of linear cubist style and primary color use, but I had never considered the evolution of this style. This video shows, presumably, the creative path of the evolving stages of his art by morphing works into one another in a roughly chronological order.

Even if you don’t appreciate Mondrian’s work, you should take a look at the video just to appreciate the works’ interconnection. In looking at this montage, it is very easy to see that each painting changed one little detail at a time, but from point x to point y a completely different style evolved.

Also, the video’s soundtrack features an excerpt from Philip Glass’s Glassworks, one of the composer’s stylistically defining pieces. Something about the combination of Glass’s music and Mondrian’s trippily morphing art put me into an almost hypnotic trance the first time I saw it. Feel free to give your opinions.

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